"........ MATCH ME SUCH A MARVEL, SAVE IN EASTERN CLIME, A ROSE RED CITY, HALF AS OLD AS TIME"
'PETRA', JOHN WILLIAM BURGON'
THE RED ROSE CITY IS LOCATED IN PETRA, JORDAN AND CONSISTS OF MANY MONUMENTS AND TEMPLES HEWN OUT OF CLIFF FACES.
THE CITY IS THOUGHT TO HAVE STOOD SINCE THE 6TH CENTURY BC AND WAS CREATED BY NABATAEAN ARABS.
IN 2007 PETRA AS A COLLECTIVE BECAME ONE OF THE 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD. IT HAS ONLY BEEN KNOWN BY THE WESTERN WORLD SINCE 18TH CENTURY.
'AL KHAZNEH- THE TREASURY'
'EL DEIR - THE MONASTERY'
MONASTERY
MONASTERY
JORDAN
SO BASICALLY THE IDEA WOULD BE TO TAKE THE TOP CAPTION FROM A POEM AND MAKE IT INTO OUR STORY AND THESIS FOR OUR CONCEPT. THIS COULD LEAD US TO LOOK AT MONKS/PRIESTS WHO RESIDE IN THE MONASTERY, OLD TRIBES FROM SURROUNDING COUNTRIES (IE THEIR CLOTHING AND TRADITIONS).
I QUITE LIKE THE IDEA OF A DERANGED OLD PRIEST/MONK/SHAMEN WHO RESIDES WITH THE MONASTERY/TREASURY. THIS WOULD BE MODERNIZED AND TWISTED TO MAKE IT FASHIONABLE AND QUITE DARK/GOTHIC BASED.
PLEASE POST ANY COMMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cooool!Really love the idea of the dark/gothic priest stuff etc, it's be cool if you could post some pics or even some sketches of the idea (can't picture in my head lol)
ReplyDeleteWill do. I have just posted a cool image from a photo shoot. I was thinking with darker/heavier colours and especially make-up. Amber x
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